# Incident 19900412015379I: Piper PA28RT201, Johnstown, PA, April 12, 1990

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 1990, 15:30 local time
- Place: Johnstown, PA
- Airport: Johnstown-Cambria County
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3261° N, 78.9191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnstown, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3261&lon=-78.9191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8229Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8229Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28RT-201 (registry code 7102818, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28rt-201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 SER A&C (registry code 41511, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28RT201
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,090 total, 126 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900412015379I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NAVIGATION AND COMMUNICATION FAILURE. ABLE TO LAND SAFELY. CATASTROPHIC ALTERNATOR FAILURE.

## Other reports on N8229Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070504826109I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070504826109I), May 4, 2007: Piper PA28RT201 (N8229Y), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. (-23) On may 4, 2007 at approximately 1415 EDT, a Piper arrow iv, N8229Y, registered to the wright patterson air force base aero club and flown by the pilot…
- [Incident 20050922031339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050922031339I), Sep 22, 2005: Piper PA28RT201 (N8229Y), Dayton, OH, Minor damage. (-23) On 09/22/2005 at 2158 local time a Piper arrow owned by the wpafb aero club performed a gear-up night landing at the wpafb. The instructor & student (a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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